Crime and punishment

Paper details:

Identify a significant issue which arises in the novel. You must connect the issue to the character’s situation in the novel. Take a position on this issue and, using rhetorical techniques and reasoned argument, convince your audience of your view. Be sure to incorporate lots of evidence from the novel when making your case. You may select from the following formats (no specific format is required provided that you are consistent in the format you adopt):

an editorial
a persuasive essay
a speech to some interested group
an article for an appropriate publication

Your response should be approximately 1000 words maximum. Proper MLA citations are required.